/*
 * Arida - A guild and raid management portal
 * Copyright (C) 2009-2013  Dirk Strauss
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
/**
 * 
 */
package com.google.code.arida.common.api.service;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * A service for loading property files.
 * 
 * @author Dirk Strauss
 * @version 1.0
 * @deprecated Better use the IoService from the DS2 OSS Core.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface PropertiesLoaderService {
    /**
     * Loads the properties from the given classpath.
     * 
     * @param path
     *            the classpath (usually /com/google/arida.properties etc.)
     * @return the loaded properties, or an empty properties object.
     */
    Properties loadProperties(String path);
}
